Topeka ? A Colorado resident who became ill while traveling through Kansas is the state’s latest confirmed case of swine flu.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Saturday that the state has 70 cases of the H1N1 virus.

The latest case was a Colorado resident who was hospitalized in Gove County. Officials said the person likely contracted the disease outside Kansas. No other details about the patient were released.

The case is the first confirmed case in Gove County.